Direct Instruction By: Cindy Davis & Dakota Smith By PresenterMedia.com
Direct Instruction
By: Cindy Davis & Dakota Smith
By PresenterMedia.com
Effectiveness of Direct Instruction / Pros and Cons for this method
•Direct Instruction Agenda
What is Direct Instruction?
Compare and contrast Direct Instruction with Constructivism
Interviews with teachers / How effective Direct Instruction is in their classroom.
Dakota
Cindy
Dakota
Cindy
• Direct instruction?• I SEE, WE SEE, YOU SEE-I SAY, WE SAY, YOU SAY• Visual aids?• Video tapes/clips• Pictures• Photos• Power point• Black/white boards• books
And what do we use to teach it?
•What is Direct Instruction?
I say We
Say
You Say
What Should Education Look Like???
Central role is assigned to the teacher.
Classroom management is key.Effective when specific content and
skills are primary goals.Specific set of operations and
procedures.Provide multiple opportunities for
feedback and practice.Model is arranged with decreasing
teacher control.
DIRECT INSTRUCTION
Direct Instruction vs. Constructivism
CONSTRUCTIVISM
Learners construct their own knowledge.
Learning enhanced through social interaction.
Learning focuses on explanations and answers.
Teacher needs to be aware of when to intervene.
Verbalization and sharing of ideas.
Does not belong in special education More work involved Creates difficulty when meeting
standards are concerned
Constructivist TeachingBenefits
Limitations
Lends itself to higher order thinkingProvides student responsibilityProvides developmental learning
Can get dry if effort isn’t placed on presenting instruction
Provides inappropriate use of methods Limits students ability to use critical
thinking skills
Direct InstructionBenefits
Limitations
Invaluable in special education instructions Allows you to group students by ability Allows complex knowledge to be
communicated
Click icon to add picture
• disadvantages of direct instruction • It is based on old learning theories: simple tasks before complex ones,
only measurable learning is worthwhile.• Students do not have a sense of the overall purpose of the simple steps. • Teachers cannot assess what the students’ prior knowledge is • Retention of how to solve the problems is low, • Direct instruction as an instructional method works for only a small
percentage of students, not for a great variety.
• advantages of direct instruction • The teacher has control of the timing of the lesson.• Students are physically easy to monitor.• The teacher has control over what will be learned, and who will learn. • The curriculum can be covered, so the teacher can say that s/he
taught the material. • Any information for which there is one right answer, can be taught
efficiently and honestly by using direct instruction.
•Pros And ConsWhy you should or shouldn’t use direct instruction.
High Vs. Low Social Economic Income
• How the Teachers teach is important!
• Two different schools
• Two different styles of learning
• Two different social economic incomes.
How Direct Instruction Compares with alternate teaching methods in different countries and with different languages.
Research indicates that Direct instruction works better even in other countries for teaching young children, children with disabilities, or children that are learning to speak more then one language.
other countries
• INSTRUCTORS ARE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNIQUE EFFICIENTLY TO STUDENTS AS A COMBINATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENTS.
DIRECT INSTRUCTION IN LANGUAGE SKILLS CAN IMPROVE CONVERSATIONAL GRAMMAR.
PRE- AND POSTTEST COMPARISONS BETWEEN GROUPS SHOWED THAT THE DIRECT INSTRUCTION GROUP MADE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER GAINS THAN THE TRADITIONAL GROUP ON PHONOLOGICAL/ORTHOGRAPHIC MEASURES.
Other Languages
Second Grade
Shirley Carlton
Third Grade Sandy Woods
Kindergarten
ThroughThird Grade
Kindergarten Elaine Heger Marty Clayton
First Grade Becky Woodbury
• Interviews with teachers at SCESCompare and contrast Direct Instruction with Cooperative
Learning Instruction that they personally use in their classroom
MCVITTIE, J. HTTP://WWW.USASK.CA/EDUCATION/COURSEWORK/MCVITTIEJ/METHODS/DIRECT.HTML (ACCESSED 9/16/2010). “WHAT SHOULD EDUCATION LOOK LIKE?” [VIDEO WEBCAST]. RETRIEVED SEPTEMBER 16, 2010, FROM HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=58K_AIKV0YQ LUCKS, RACHEL. "205.188.199.34." 12/16/1999.HTTP://EMATUSOV.SOE.UDEL.EDU/FINAL.PAPER.PUB/_PWFSFP/0000017B.HTM (ACCESSED 9/16/2010). GRANSHOW, LEONORE. "EFFECTS OF DIRECT INSTRUCTION IN SPANISH PHONOLOGY ON THE NATIVE- LANGUAGE SKILLS AND FOREIGN-LANGUAGE APTITUDE OF AT-RISK FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LEARNERSJOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILLITIES 28. 2 (1995), 107-120, HTTP://LDX.SAGEPUB.COM/CONTENT/28/2/107.ABSTRACT. (ACCESSED SEPTEMBER 17,2010). DURHAN, ELVA. "READING CURRICULUM FOR BEGINNING HISPANIC BILINGUAL CHILDREN BASED ON DIRECT INSTRUCTIONEDUCATION RESOURCE INFORMATION CENTER 28. 2 (1980), 51, HTTP://WWW.ERIC.ED.GOV/ERICWEBPORTAL/SEARCH/DETAILMINI.JSP?_NFPB=TRUE&_&ERICEX TSEARCH_SEARCHVALUE_0=ED191623&ERICEXTSEARCH_SEARCHTYPE_0=NO&ACCNO =ED191623. (ACCESSED SEPTEMBER 27, 2010).
“NICK NOLTE (TEACHERS 1983)” [VIDEO CLIP]. RETRIEVED SEPTEMBER 18, 2010, FROMHTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=T-S_JHBDCFW
Works Cited